Cambridge has been invited to bid for a share of a new £7 million cycle safety funding pot.

Councils will be able to bid for £6.5 million of the Government cash to pay for schemes such as segregated cycle paths and improved junctions.

The remaining £500,000 will support the Big Bike Revival project run by charity Cycling UK to provide training and encouragement to get more people cycling.

The funding is part of the Department for Transport (DfT) cycling review announced in September 2017 after 44-year-old mother-of-two Kim Briggs was knocked over and killed by a bicycle courier.

Kim Briggs, who was knocked down and killed as she crossed the street, by a cyclist travelling at 18mph on a fixed-wheel track bike with no front brakes PHOTO: Fieldfisher/PA Wire (Image: Fieldfisher/PA Wire)